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Ringfort - rath

Claddagh West, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Claddagh West, County Galway, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Claddagh West
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.54672, -8.71335
SMR number
GA030-040----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In gently undulating grassland. Subcircular rath (N-S 46m, E-W 41.5m), in fair condition, defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank is visible from E through S to NW; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. The outer bank displays evidence of stone-facing. A field wall cuts the monument at ENE and WSW. There is a well-defined entrance at E. Within the interior are a probable souterrain (GA030-040002-) and CBG (GA030-040001-)

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999).

Date of upload: 05 August 2010

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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